10011.?Adulteration and misbranding of sirup.     U.  S.     *      *     *     v.  79 Bar?
rels * * * of Sirup. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13129. I. S. No. 3903-t. S. No.?
C-2065'.)
On August 3, 1920, the Unite 1 States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States1 for said d'strict a libel, for the seizure and?
condemnation of 79 barrels, more or less, of sirup, at Chicago, 111., alleging that?
the article had been shipped by the Federal Extract Works, Rochester, N. Y.,?
June 21, 1920, and transported from the State of New York into the State of?
Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that a certain substance, to wit, saccharin, had been substituted in?
whole or in part for sirup, which the said article purported to be; for the fur??
ther reason that the said substance had been mixed and packed therewith so?
as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength; for the?
further reason that it had been mixed and packed in a manner whereby dam??
age and inferiority were concealed ; and for the further* reason that it contained?
an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, to wit, saccharin, which might?
render said article injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of,?
and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, namely,?
" Double Blended Syrup, containing 65? cane sugar and 35? invert sugar,?
including malt sugar."
On October 6, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.